Anatomy Of A Chef

Originally from England, Chef Colin Bedford says his culinary interests started at an early age. He was enamored by his mother’s home baking and helping his father water the vegetable garden. After attending and graduating from Yeovil College in Somerset with a Diploma in Hospitality, Chef Bedford took on his first full-time job in 1996. He became an apprentice at The Castle Hotel, a Norman fortress built in the 12th century, where he worked under esteemed British chef Phil Vickery. The Castle is a family-run property, known for fostering up-and-coming chefs.Chef Bedford was recruited to The Fearrington House in 2005 as Executive Sous Chef. He became Executive Chef in 2008 and has since transformed culinary programs throughout Fearrington Village to a higher level. Equally adept at crafting the fine dining tasting menu at The Fearrington House, to directing the production of housemade jams and housecured meats, to making wood-fired pizzas at our beer garden, to leading the planting and harvesting of Fearringt